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Biography

As an Assistant Professor in the English Department, I teach ESL Composition, Composition, Writing Pedagogy, Linguistics courses, as well as AI & Writing. I am the Director of First Year Writing and the undergraduate and graduate certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I serve on multiple committees involving assessment, general education, and teaching.

Teaching Interests

English as a Second Language Composition (ESL), Composition, Applied Linguistics, Writing Pedagogy, AI & Writing, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Research Interests

Best Practices in English as a Second Language Teaching, Student Support Services, Supporting Multilingual Learners, and Artificial Intelligence as a Teaching Tool

Service Summary

Director of First Year Writing & TESOL Certificate Director

Education

BA, University of Nebraska at 51ÉçÇø, 51ÉçÇø, Nebraska, French, 2009

MA, University of Nebraska at 51ÉçÇø, 51ÉçÇø, Nebraska, Language Teaching, French, 2011

Other, University of Nebraska at 51ÉçÇø, 51ÉçÇø, Nebraska, TESOL, 2011

Ph D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, Educational Studies, Language, Literacy, and Culture, 2015

Other, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mixed Methods Research Methodology, 2015

Professional Development

Community of Practice: Teaching, First Year Writing: AI & Assessment, 09/01/2025 - 05/01/2026

Community of Practice: Teaching, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), 08/01/2020 - 12/01/2024

Institutional Training, The AI Advantage: Transforming Teaching and Preparing Students to Thrive - 09/02/2024

Continuing Education Program, Continuing the Momentum to the End: Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning, 01/04/2021 - 01/29/2021

Continuing Education Program, Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning, 03/01/2021 - 03/21/2021

Institutional Training, An Engaging, Equitable, and Inclusive Online Class, 09/01/2023 - 10/01/2023

Institutional Training, Empowering Faculty in the World of CBE | Part 2, 10/01/2023 - 11/01/2023

Selected Publications

Osborn, Sarah. 2025. Transforming Writing using AI to Explore Genre, Audience, and Context in Multilingual Writing Classrooms, MidTESOL, 8.

Osborn, Sarah, Seitzer, Melanie, Radosta, Kathryn. 2020. We’ve Got Our Noses in a Book: Implementing Extensive Reading in the ESL Composition Classroom, MIDTESOL Journal, 3.

Department, College, and University

First Year Writing Committee, Committee Member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018

GCC Implementation Committee, Committee Member, Determine best ways to support the partnership between UNO and GCC, and to work through the logistics of welcoming these cohorts of students at UNO, while providing adequate academic support., 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018

MALT Committee, Committee Member, 04/10/2019 - present

Graduate Program Committee, 09/01/2019 - 09/30/2019

Professional

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education, Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer for the Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education (CTLLE), providing peer feedback on manuscripts related to TESOL, multilingual education, and curriculum design for publication consideration., 11/01/2025 - 11/30/2025